Jena, LA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Jena layoffs

No layoff notices naming Jena in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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LaSalle Parish outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 0.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.4 points from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

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Sixth Planning District Consortium - WDB #60
Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, La Salle, Winn

LaSalle American Job Center
Jena · Affiliate · 318-992-8264
Monday-Wednesday, Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm, Thursday 8::00am-1:30pm and 3:30-4:30pm

LaSalle Parish economy

3.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
6,153
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
14,804
people in LaSalle Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,077
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from Louisiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Louisiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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